Thaksin's daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra is elected Thailand's prime minister Thailand’s Parliament elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, as prime minister Friday. World 16 Aug, 2024
Gagan Thapa lone challenger to Sher Bahadur Deuba Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa, who is from the Shekhar Koirala faction of the party, became the only opponent to NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba in the contest for the parliamentary party leader. Nepal 21 Dec, 2022
UML projects Oli as PM candidate The Central Committee of the CPN- UML unanimously decided to project party Chair KP Sharma Oli as the next prime ministerial candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Nepal 28 Aug, 2022
Modi's BJP wins big in India's largest state election Uttar Pradesh is home to about a fifth of India's 1.35 billion people and sends the most legislators to parliament of any state. World 10 Mar, 2022
Deuba as the new PM: Opportunity to enhance tarnished image Newly appointed Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba for the fifth time now has equaled the record of his mentor Girija Prasad Koirala, who enjoys the distinction of becoming not only the Prime Minister but also the Head of State. Opinion 21 Jul, 2021
UML Standing Committee meeting called The CPN (UML) has called a meeting of its standing committee at 4 pm, today. Kathmandu 22 May, 2021
PM Oli holds his faction's PP meet Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Saturday held his faction’s parliamentary party meeting and directed the attending lawmakers to present themselves in the Parliament in an enthusiastic and respectable manner. Nepal 07 Mar, 2021
NC must fight corruption in govt, anomalies in party The main opposition Nepali Congress’ long overdue 14th General Convention is slated for 2021. However, it seems election fever has already gripped the top leaders. When our team reached his house around 8:00 am, senior NC leader Ramchandra Paudel was... Travel 16 Mar, 2020
Thailand's coup leader and "democratic front" face-off in long-awaited election The election for lower house country's first since the 2014 army coup Turnout among the 51.4 million electorates expected to be high New election system favours pro-military parties, critics say Shaky coalition likely to emerge, social... Women 24 Mar, 2019
Satellite images show madrasa buildings still standing at scene of Indian bombing NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: High-resolution satellite images reviewed by Reuters show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in northeastern Pakistan appears to be still standing days after India claimed its warplanes had hit the Islamist... Women 06 Mar, 2019
As Modi takes a beating at�Indian polls, small parties see big chance Main opposition Congress biggest winner in state polls Small party BSP to back Congress to form govt in two states Congress hopes to form mega alliance to beat Modi in 2019 NEW DELHI: After suffering an electoral thrashing at the... Women 13 Dec, 2018
India's Modi stares at biggest election loss since coming to power NEW DELHI - India's ruling party could lose power in three key states, four TV networks said on Tuesday, citing vote count leads, potentially handing Prime Minister Narendra Modi his biggest defeat since he took office in 2014, and months ahead of a... Women 11 Dec, 2018